map

地図

ある地域の場所や道などがどこにあるかを示す図。

やさしい英語で： A picture showing where places, roads, or other features are in an area.

• I need a map of the town.
• She found the village on her map.
• These maps show all the walking routes.

使い方： map of somewhere (We bought a map of the city.)

類義語： chart

よく使う表現： read a map, road map, map of somewhere, world map

サカハチチョウ

羽の模様が地図の線に似ているチョウ。

やさしい英語で： A butterfly whose wings have patterns that look like lines on a picture of an area.

• A map butterfly landed on a leaf.
• The European map has different wing colours in spring and summer.
• We photographed a map with its wings open.

よく使う表現： map butterfly, European map

地図を作る、測量する

地域を調べたり測ったりして、場所や特徴を示す地図を作る。

やさしい英語で： To explore or measure an area and make a picture showing its places and features.

• They mapped the island.
• Satellites help us map the ocean floor.
• The team is mapping a route through the mountains.

類義語： chart, survey

よく使う表現： map an area, map the coast, map a route

図にする、図示する

物事の配置や仕組みが分かるように図を描く。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you draw a picture or diagram to show how something is arranged.

• Let us map the main ideas.
• She mapped out the links between the characters.
• The diagram maps the structure of the organisation.

使い方： map something out (We mapped the process out on a large sheet of paper.)

類義語： diagram, chart

よく使う表現： map something out, map the connections

写す、対応させる

ある集合の各値を、決まった規則で別の集合の値に対応させる。

やさしい英語で： To connect each value in one set to a value in another set through a rule.

• The rule maps two to four.
• This function maps every input to a single output.
• Each element is mapped to a point on the curve.

使い方： map A to B (The function maps each number to its square.); map onto something (This function maps the interval onto the whole line.)

よく使う表現： map to something, map onto something